It was the Jewish custom to present newborn children in the temple in Jerusalem. Therefore, the Virgin Mary took the child in her arms and brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the temple.
It was the feast dedicated to Mother Earth and heralded the imminent passage to another season and with it the end of winter.
Once this festivity was celebrated, there was a popular saying:“En llegando San Antón Carrestoliénda son” and this meant the beginning of the jokes that foreshadowed the coming carnival, which gave way to Lent and with it the end of the spring festivities.